The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-11-18

which. al hsvB aaid bsfore would exclude
f}Tn Nifhriis, one, North Carolina that
would sdHlit Coy. MslsnHrF; ana mere ia "
not been but tGw CONSTITUTIONS ~ SIZE
tho war where the ttllts existed, gle4s = 49,
rot 1hHnged. Every eQllell tlelssa . - s ~
frnitefi ssstsa 5Fhgra that iaiit e4tE5a Is i1eln
fbirtg.5ivs Is forty years old, and AZ eAe llaH
constitutions have
pHorFED THE IrrTT,
ra,eviur That as We drift from 1nnuErcily and
tie Revolution Of 1TT6, the more secure Ne
feai m e4TT liberties, aud the more We are slis-
7,si 4, cha - tie old GunBtttn iolss les yiIlH
thp npar1e TO select q man as long G. &c u
F9iftfil srd efficient IN office There haEts
was limit on the power 9il we ~ 4 49,.
Stntsq ana mover was 3 Limit N the kz'lplrs
State 81 New York. ] preplse 20 elN9 YOU,
feliiTvlaftiHeuE, 3 list showing Whefe lltl
have been elected three, fquT, I'VE Ali1 slLAle
o than as high ns ten md elsFel terms.
In RennsJi rJula-.5Il bones HLh15h' o
TlfornRs Mexican, 81 bsnD1n shy der, ~;
il Nov Jersay--I assph BiooHltielas q
iS =, W. I, 75p5eorrs Clinton. Q: John
jay, 3; Wm- 4 Marcy q; Daniel D. ION
I'M III fSsisins-Fnosh Lincoln, A; Albion (.
Paris, s; Robert 2. DUNLAP 3.
m NeyF Hamnshire--Ioil Page, 4 /; Samuel
BELL, A; John Lansdon, A. john IAE4oF Till
In 'yerlnsont-Wm- a. Palmer, 4; galuhha
Critfsnden, z: Isaac 1ichensr, 10.
81 assa sh11setts-Gzleb Strong, a Ed
NJ d Everett, John Hancock o; John
Brooks, z; George N. B-lEEs' 2; 4sNl LIN
III Rhode Island---Janles Tenner, g; WI
lam Jones, o; VIM. Emdh'y, q; John d.
And IN Cennsctigut-Wm. ". Ellsworth,
a John Cotton Smith, 8; Oliver Nq4cotb
q Jonathan Irumbul, II; samuel hullS-
"A ~, are instances, fellnE-citizens, in New
oil men nave
held as high as eleven farms M the lDEsctlglNe
Office. In the cons toms OF theHS Glag1is,
where tha pTincipis stu exists al OF the
constitutions are Of ancient qater ana are
constitutions that were framed in the early
history of this county, showing that IN tine
time Of the Revolution when we were resist
ing the force Of the British government ana
when we were rGbtllInR agalmsh mo laTElllcal
forms of euvernTneM t,tnat 1t WaF our III te1ltll
to set M a Republican government where Ute
will of the people should be the supreme t1'''
and Won know that IN the tlng " ne n
lntiOD there were men VINO believed that
/ fhouuh we should achieve our independence
thatGre would eventually set mp g ln@naTeiiy
OF car own. Was net George Washington
| freqnently rrged to put q hIngly crown upon
his heatig Did not some Of the strongest ana
most efficient generals Ia his army bog hliil
to become the Dictator OF America Was not
Alexander Hamilton, ms Secretary OF ths
Treasury mOlarehist and m HT1stoeFayz
Did be not even, while IN Washington s Jab-
ingt, favor the establishment ut House OF
Lords and q titled n0bfltByf What reader Of
American history does not know Of tho
GIGANTIC RENTAL CONrEsTB
that wers had in President Washington Cab
| met between AIeIauderH ton and Thomas
/ Jefferson, one the champion Of the classes
| and the other the champlon OF tire masses
I II WAS in those times, fetlOW-cltlzensf when
! there WINS fear that We might DRIFT back
/ mia monarchy, and when there might DO q
rising and growing sentiment m That utrcc,
! ton that would finally eBdsager or lmpetll
/ the liberties Of the people, that these pFeeall-
] lions were taken. Have we not ueulqnstfateu
/ our Capacity to preserve our own liberties,
! and our capacity fer seu-gOVernhientI are
! these people into whose LSoes 4 ,4ooh
! willing TO acknowledge that republican
! government in AnlertGH IL IallEEe, anu
| that we, Ouraelyes-the Caucasian race Of
] this country are not capable Of perpefBablnR
( Republican government Tor all time TO come.
! Where is that man who would nave the hardl-
! hood to get up before this people anywhere
] in this country and urge the establishment
| Of q titled nobility, or the tgta blshment OF q
| legislative department similar 90 tine House
| OF Lords2 Where is the man thar would dare
/ 10 urge President Cleveland to become the
dictator of American 1t WAS sald, fellow
! citizens, concerning one Pre5Iaentr When nc
| went into Office, that be would never come
! ont until he WINS carried ont feet foremost
| That was President Grant; but be was Re.
! publican, not Democrat
|'4FeIlaw-citizeng, the authority is against
! them. The whole question 10 one that IL
] ID
/ one that involves our ability to control oul
/ own affairs. Now, what power has the Gov
! Ern0T Of this Slater Can he enaIhYe You /
| Can he do anything to ,eAdapger or lmpe2fl
your libeTheH7 Could be call upon the mill
| tia companies tgud they are pretty well Or.
! caBized, l believe, in this Btabe,) TO MAIN
] tein him in Office after the expiration OF hli
| term9 Why, yOu could get a crowd enough
/ in this city in an hour and half, By ringing
| the liFe-bells, That would take ordinary shnt
! guns and put the milifig to rout just lool
atthe imInense power Of the people t92 put
/ nlau out OF office when they don't like Inn
md when he wont 90. Just look at
TIE FOURTEENTH. OF SEPTEMBER, 1874,
when the arms that had been, shipped to thu
( city on board a steamboat had been captured
by the Metropolitan police, The people We27
gathered together one morning on Jana
street and some patriOt1c gentleman 60
upon the pedestal Of Clay statue, N New Or
leans, and most all OF you have been Tier
and seen the place l refer to- and nade
stirring appeal 10 the people, advising then
to disperse. go 10 their homes get their gun
/ aud return, and felloW-cItizensr that crow
dispersed as orderly and as pa&cetuliY e
possible not on q peaceful mission however
for in less than three hours they were Their
armed and equipped and they m4Fche'
upon the Metropolitan police ioree and over
threw til" Kellogg government m tine
hours. a few White League companies an
few clerks on the street were sufficient
Are you, therefore, in any danger Of You
belief thas your liberties will be iinpeFiled b
! a. reference in the eolamns Of q journal i
this city to some old, antiQnHted c0nstltu
y lions that have gone cut Of date years ago
people possibly had some fear that theI
might bea tendency in the growth Of ePipl9
against republican IggyeTnmept, and too
these preCEutions7 1 think mot.
t AT 3 O'Clock everybody was invited 10 Il
barbecue and nm adjournment Was take
Y until Z n, m. ...